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| Act fast or face sanctions: India to Pak | | | | Agencies
New Delhi, Dec 22: India on Monday stepped up the diplomatic offensive and warned Pakistan that it needed to act fast in the wake of Mumbai terror attacks or else face possible strategic and economic sanctions.
Hours after External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee reiterated that India has kept all options open to bring the perpetrators of Mumbai attacks to justice, government sources made it clear that Islamabad has no other option but to fulfil the promises it has made.
Only when Pakistan fulfils its previous commitments, India will hand over new evidence related to the Mumbai attacks, sources said, adding that Islamabad was only trying to divert attention with its flip-flops on various issues.
New Delhi also categorically stated that Pakistan will have to extradite Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Maulana Masood Azhar. According to sources, existing laws allow Masood Azhar’s extradition to India without any legal problems.
India further said that there were multiple centres of power in Pakistan, which were adding to the problem.
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| 7,769,012,944: count this figure and read on… | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 22: Keep on counting and you will loss track of count –it is Rs 7,769,012,944 the total wealth of 1354 candidates contesting the ongoing assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir.
The average assets of the candidates is about Rs 75 lakhs, while that of the Peoples Democratic Party candidates stand at Rs 2.6 crore, that of National Conference is at Rs 1.6 crore, and that of Congress is at Rs One crore. But, there are only 194 candidates with a Permanent Account Number –which means only 194 of them have been paying taxes or have at least once paid tax.
Wealth notwithstanding, there is a positive trend also that not many candidates have criminal backgrounds. Onl... | |
| | | | Nokia apologizes for its Kashmir blunder | | | | Agencies
New Delhi, Dec 22: Nokia India has admitted error in showing Kashmir as part of Pakistan's territory in its mobile navigation system and expressed regret for the More Pictures
An e-mailed statement by Nokia India said, 'Nokia India, deeply regrets an inadvertent error in depicting certain international boundaries in an older version of its maps.'
In its statement the firm also added, all India maps on Nokia devices are sourced from Navteq Inc. and its affiliates and subsidiaries. Navteq Inc, (with its affiliates and subsidiaries) has all the necessary approvals for city maps in India as well as all international and coastal boundaries from the Survey of India, the National Sur... | |
| | | | J&K gets clean chit for communal violence | | | |
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New Delhi, Dec 22: Orissa has earned the dubious distinction of having the highest number of cases of communal violence this year, recording a 12-time jump in such incidents compared to last year, while Jammu and Kashmir earned laurels for not having a single such incident.
The all-India figure of 855 incidents of communal violence has also surpassed that of the previous year's 761, according to latest government data.
Orissa, which was in news for the attack against Christians, reported 178 such incidents till November 30 this year, topping the list followed by Madhya Pradesh (115) and Uttar Pradesh (104).
Last year, Orissa recorded only 15 such cases while Madhya Prade... | |
| | | | Poll campaign over, crucial test ahead | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 22: The eventful campaign spanning over almost two months ended this evening but the crucial battle –which may be decisive for forming next government –is pending for December 24.
Twenty-one constituencies vote Wednesday in the seventh and final round of Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections amidst growing indications that the state is headed for a split verdict.
Former chief minister and National Conference patron Farooq Abdullah will be among 392 candidates whose fate will be decided Wednesday when 1.6 million people will be eligible to exercise their franchise.
Eight constituencies in Srinagar, the urban hub of a dragging Muslim separatist campaign, and ... | |
| | | | Farooq: the wealthiest Ex-CM | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 22: Who can be wealthiest among all former Chief Ministers of Jammu and Kashmir who are also contesting present elections –naturally Dr Farooq Abdullah.
The National Conference (NC) patron Farooq Abdullah is the richest among three former chief ministers seeking mandate in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections.
However, the fate of two former chief ministers -- Ghulam Nabi Azad, seeking election from Bhaderwah and Mufti Mohammad Sayeed contesting from Anantnag -- has already been sealed in the Electronic Voting Machines while Dr Abdullah is fighting from Sonawar and Hazratbal constituencies, going to the polls in the seventh and last phase on December... | |
| | | | 2 CRPF troopers killed in Valley | | HUJI’s Jammu Chief arrested | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 22: A top leader of the militant outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad-e-Islami (HuJI) has been arrested in this Jammu and Kashmir winter capital, just two days before the seventh and final round of polling in the state.
Faizal Suhail, chief of the HuJI in Jammu region, was arrested following a raid in Jammu city late Sunday, police said.
Meanwhile, a high alert was sounded on Monday in Jammu in the run-up to the seventh and last phase of assembly polls scheduled for December 24, a top police officer said.
Inspector General of Police (IGP) (Jammu) K Rajendra Kumar said that a high alert has been sounded in Jammu and "searches are being carried out at all checkposts and... | |
| | | | Blind arrows: ‘Psephologists’ at loss of calculation | | NC wary of coalition, Azad says Abdullah party nothing beyond 5 seats in Valley | | | ZAFAR CHOUDHARY
Jammu, Dec 21: The ‘slip of tongue’, as Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dixit would have preferred to describe the ‘coalition’ indication of External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, has left many slipping on the electoral pitch as the round of floor arithmetic begins even before the crucial last phase of polling.
Two days have left for the last phase of polling to be held on December 24 and the electioneering agenda is taking a different turn. The issues of water, power, roads etc now appear to have watered down as the campaigning for last phase is involving a bizarre agenda –what after December 28?.
The voting pattern and the campaign trends followed across six ... | |
| | | | Sonia hits NC, BJP spares PDP | | India capable of teaching Pak lesson | | | Early Times Report
RS Pura, Dec 21: Seeking to tech Pakistan a lesson for supporting terror designs against India is an expected statement from country’s top leadership in this gloomy season and Congress president Sonia Gandhi did not do less in her measures message to the neighbor across the divide. However, addressing the rivals within borders the choice of Sonia’s targets was interesting in this election season –a truckload of brickbats for National Conference and BJP but no word for the Peoples Democratic Party.
Addressing a largely attended election rally near here, Sonia did not make any reference about her party’s erstwhile coalition partner, the Peoples Democratic Party. Neit... | |
| | | | Slight tremor hits Kashmir | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 21: A slight intensity earthquake measuring 4.6 on the Richter scale shook parts of northwestern Kashmir today.
The tremor was felt at 10:55 hours at latitude 36.0 degree north and longitude 73.5 degree east, Meteorological Department said here. No casualty or damage to property have been reported.
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| | | | Three ‘Delhi-based’ suspects picked up from a City Hotel | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 21: Based intelligence inputs about presence of Pakistani militants in town to cause violence during elections, the Special Operation Group of Jammu police this evening arrested three suspects from a hotel in Bus Stand area.
A strong cordon was laid around hotel Samrat near Bus Stand when SOG sleuths three suspects staying in the hotel. The suspects, sources said, were staying in the hotel from last two days. The entry in the hotel record was in the name of one Akhilesh Kumar of House Number 504, Ramesh Park, New Delhi.
Eyewitnesses said that the SOG men, who came in civvies, raided the hotel and packed all the three youth in a gypsy. The trio was t... | |
| | | | Security upped for last phase | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 21: Elaborate security arrangement have been made for last phase of polling in 21 constituencies across three districts including the capital cities of Jammu and Srinagar.
Over 21,000 security personnel have been deployed in Jammu and Samba districts which go to polls in the seventh and final phase of assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir on December 24 to decide the fate of a record number of 241 candidates.
"Elaborate security arrangements have been made for the seventh phase of elections in 13 assembly segments of Jammu and Samba districts and as many as 210 companies of central forces have been deployed in this range," senior police officials sa... | |
| | | | 1266 to lose lottery election | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 21: Besides other factors which emerge after counting of votes, the election 2008 will always be known for a unique feature –the lottery election.
As many as 1353 candidates in fray for 87 seats, the average size of candidates per constituency is 15. There may be straight or triangular contest on around 15 to 20 seats and on the remaining winning election is almost like a winning a lottery –heavyweights have made the job of prediction pundits tough. All they know is the fact that 1266 are sure to suffer defeat.
The ongoing seven-phased Assembly elections has seen the highest number of 1353 candidates in fray, breaking all the previous records an... | |
| | | | Trains are running late, flights missing schedule as fog thickens, chill breaks in | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 21: The flight frequency has come down and the rails have no schedule to follow as chill firms the grip across North India.
After heavy snowfall in the upper reaches, the weather in the Kashmir valley improved, though the cold wave condition intensified its grip in the upper reaches. Many areas of Jammu, including City and also Srinagar and its adjoining areas received over 8 mm of rain on Saturday and Sunday. The traffic on Srinagar-Jammu National Highway was also restored on Sunday.
In Snowfall in the higher reaches coupled with rain in Shimla and lower regions has been reported from Himachal Pradesh. Met office said, snowfall continued in high a... | |
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